Wisdom: A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. -- William James
This above all: to thine own self be true,"
-Wm. Shakespeare
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch
If you want to bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the Universe. -- Carl Sagan
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live. -- Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education. -- Victor Hugo
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration. -- Machiavelli
What a person believes is not as important as how a person believes. -- Timothy Virkkala
Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. -- Richard Feynman
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. -- Ambrose Redmoon
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; Hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it. -- Confucious
